The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-08-24
Prescriptions to Geo. Cu~hlng's.

Capt. Vaughan has just purchased an
elegant Chickering Upright of j. y. Aid.
Smith
Spiritual Camp Meeting commences
at Hayden Lake, Sept 7th, and continues
, five days
Mrs J. Il. Lynde and her son, Dir.
George Lynde, are visiting at General
Shepherds.
Mrs J. c. Howe Of Loganport, Ind, is
visiting in town, the guest of her sister.
Mrs VIM Philbrick.
Walter & Davis ard wife are in town.
M. Davis is about to start the corn can
ming establishment here.
L. B. Curtis has just received the larry
est stock of new fall hats that he has
ever shown in skowhcgan.
J, y. y |. J Smith have sold celcbra.
ted Grand Upright McPhail Piano to Il.
q. Russell Of Cornyillc.
Rev. H. W Tilden will preach in q.
\. r. Hall Sunday next, afternoon at
l.4j and evening at O'Clock.
Rev s + Smith, of East Boston, will
preach at bingham next Sunday, at Ie.3o
\. NJ, and at Scion at . +. NJ.
just received new lot Of pipes at
Walter Pieree's. win open the oyster
season with a new adj. Next week.
When in want of Moxic Nerve Food,
call at S. Whitter's. he has u cases of
the original and best kind.
Mr.. j. II. Frame Of The Forks Hotel,
is in town. He says sportsmen are going
into the woods in his vicinity lively now.
A. +. Adams is getting along well with
his telephone line, and soon Skowhegan
will be connected with the Forks by the
wire.
Rev. Stephen Fletcher Of New lamp
shire, who has been visiting relatives in
Skowhegan, returned to his home Tues
day.
X. W. Coleman, Augustus Crowell and
a. Osborne, have been drawn as traverse
jurors for this town, September term S. |
J. Court.
The choicest styles in dress goods are
those that come out early in the season.
Ordways is the place to find them in new
fall goods.
d. V. b. Ormsby, of Pennington, ac-
companied by his wife and young son,
were the guests of Chandler Tuttlc and
family, the past week.
The Skowhegan Board of Trade, will |
hold Il meeting at Morrison's Hall, Fri
day evening next, at O'Clock, to consid-
cr the project of railroad to Norridgc-
wock,
Phillip Gardner, of Cornvillc, has Il six
year old Locomotive colt that went to the
track in IIartland last week and paced
half mile in Ll6i; his first trial of Il
course.
The Bethany Baptist church has eX
tended call to Rev. c. V. Hanson, who
has supplied that society so acceptable,
to become its pastor The action WAS
unanimous.
The Skowhcgan and Athens Bands left
by trains this morning, to be in attcnd
ance on the Band Muster TO be held at
Peaks Island, Portland, the remaining
days of the week.
Miss Mae Norris returned Saturday
evening from her recent visit to friends
in Boston, being accompanied by Miss
Annie Burgess who will visit Il few
weeks in town.
Our attention is called to the stencil
that comes from the slaughter house,
near the Trotting Park. If as represented
to the REPORTER it is Il nuisance that
should be abatcd forthwith.
Mrs L. \. Baker is canvassing the
town for The Volunteer Soldier of
America by Gen. John A. Logan, and
will call upon all the Grand Army men of
the village. 1t is particularly interesting
to them.
The Pennington Chronicle gives an ac
count of the arrest of Abncr Scarlcs of
Phillips, who says he was hired to poison
family named Lockln with Paris Green.
He put so much in the food it was dis
covered and he was detected.
J. II. Horn of Oakland was in town
last week, and purchased three promising
horses, viz. from Tnttlc Bros a fine
Sanford Knox colt, price 500; II. IL. /
Tufts, a Cunard colt price 500; K. W.
Brown, chestnut horse, price $50.
WIN. B. Blake, who has for some
weeks past, been resident Of our place,
in the employ of VIM. &. S. Keene, as
civil engineer, departed for Boston yes
tcrday morning, where he has secured |
desirable situation on the Old Colony |
X. X.
Ordination services of Rev. Mr.. Dexter /
occur at tie Baptist church, Ilartland, to-
day Messrs. X. II. Mitchell aud L.
Goodwin 90 as delegates from Bethany I
Baptist church, and +. W Marble and
Nahum Steward from the Baptist church /
of this place.
The Portland Packing Company will
start their factory here "Wednesday
next aud b. NJ Hight esq. is notifying
the corn growers to bring in their corn
The crop is in prime condition. and the
prospect is that the PACK will be above |
800, 900 cans against 100000 last year.
Mr.. b. N. Foss has just completed Il
fine three seated platform spring buck
board for a. q. DENIM of the Mt. Kneo
House. Mooschead Lake and shipped the
same yesterday afternoon by rail. The
wagon is designed as a pleasure carriage
to carry nine persons and is the ncatcst,
ighteSt, and easiest riding vehicle for its
capacity that ever attracted our attention.
1t can but please the owner
For some reason for which we shall
not attempt to state. the "Night on Co.,